Bennington
HENRY, William
Vermont Historical Magazine, No. XI, October 1867, p 177
(extracted from a section on the history of Bennington, Bennington County,
Vermont)
Hon. William HENRY [Jr.] deserves to be mentioned among the worthy and useful
inhabitants of the town [Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont] who have
passed from the stage of life. He was the son of William, one of several
families of Scotch Irish descent who came from Massachusetts and settled at
an early day in the northwest part of the town, from whom the neighborhood
took the name of "Irish Corner," which it still retains. William the younger
was born 05 October 1760. He represented the town [Bennington] in the
General Assembly for seven successive years from 1805, and was a justice of
the peace for thirty-nine years in succession ending with the year 1840,
being for a longer period than the office has ever been held by any other
person in town. He was also judge of probate for two years, and being
familiar with the legal forms of business was the draughtsman of most of the
deeds, contracts, and wills of persons in his quarter of the town for many
years. He was a man of sound judgment and undoubted integrity, and was
universally respected. He [William HENRY, Jr.] died 11 May 1845, and has
many descendants, a portion of whom reside in town [Bennington].
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